What is "The Holiday Month"?

The Holiday Month is an attempt to celebrate a calendar years worth of holidays during the month of January, 2012.

When the holiday takes place on a specific day (i.e. St. Patrick's Day always takes place on March 17th), then it will be celebrated on January 17th. When a holiday takes place on a rotating day (i.e. Thanksgiving takes place on the fourth Thursday of November), then it will be celebrated on the corresponding day in January.

Concessions had to be made for holidays corresponding with religious calendars . These holidays, such as Easter and Purim, will be celebrated on the dates that they are taking place in 2012. Mardi Gras, the celebration that marks the beginning of the season of Lent, is being celebrated on the Tuesday before Easter, as this would then represent the beginning and end of that religious celebration.

The holidays celebrated during this month are in NO WAY all of the holidays celebrated throughout the year. Every effort was made to create a list that would cover major religious beliefs, as well as fun and interesting holidays that everyone might not celebrate.

Happy Holidays!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

January 26 - Thanksgiving


 Gobble gobble!  Today marks the fourth Thursday of the month, which makes this Thanksgiving.  It also marks the first time that Thanksgiving has taken place after Christmas.  Try to keep up!

Thanksgiving is tied for my favorite holiday of the year (it's competition has got to be Halloween, but more on that in a few days).  I love the weather at the end of November, how it's crisp enough to wear a hoodie but warm enough where you don't have to worry about bundling up too much.  I love the changing of the leaves, and the sound they make when you walk across the ones that have fallen to the ground.  I love the football and the socially accepted practice of drinking too much beer and napping throughout the day at other people's houses.

Of course, I love the food, and I had to make sure that I did it justice today.  Because I have accumulated so many left overs during the course of the Holiday Month project, I decided that instead of doing the whole thing all over again, I would celebrate Thanksgiving with my favorite part.  And that would be the leftover Thanksgiving sandwich.

Made with turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce, it's what I eat for the week or so following Turkey Day.

My co-workers got in the act today as well.  We got a little crafty, and made turkey drawings sketching around our hands.  Some of us did really well, and some of us looked like we belonged in a 1st grade classroom, instead of just posing for a picture for one...


We also went around the table and said what we were all thankful for, and that for me is what Thanksgiving is really all about.  The food, the parade, the football games and the beer;  all of those things are good, but without the appreciation for what you have that comes with Thanksgiving, they don't mean as much.  One person said that they were thankful for a non-hostile work environment.  Another said they were thankful for cheese.  The best I heard was one person saying that they were "thankful for Wal-Mart and the people that go to Wal-Mart."

In the end, it doesn't matter what you're thankful for today.  Whether it's a good job (or even the fact that you have a so-so job in today's economy), or the fact that you still have your health.  Whether its your family or your friends or the fact that you can get through the day without strangling the people you work with.  No matter what, we all have something to be thankful for, and celebrating that is what Thanksgiving, and the Holiday Month in general, is all about.
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